Truth or Dare: questions, dares and how to play

How to play Truth or Dare

1. 01

   Sit in a circle

   Two players is enough, but the game peaks at four to eight. Everyone should be able to see everyone else.

2. 02

   Pick who goes first

   Spin a bottle, roll a die, or let the youngest player start. Play then moves clockwise.

3. 03

   Ask: truth or dare?

   The asker poses the question to the next player, who must pick one before hearing the prompt.

4. 04

   Answer or act

   A truth must be answered honestly. A dare must be done right then, in front of the group.

5. 05

   Pass it on

   The player who just went becomes the asker. Keep going until someone calls time or the snacks run out.

House rules that keep it fun

Agree on limits before the first round. Every group has lines it doesn't want to cross, and saying them out loud up front means nobody gets put on the spot.

Give everyone one pass per game. A pass makes people braver, not more cautious, because they know there is a way out.

No picking truth three times in a row. It keeps the dares flowing and stops the quiet player from hiding.

Phones and photos stay private unless the dared player agrees. What happens in the circle stays in the circle.

Truth questions25

1. 1.What's the most embarrassing thing you've done to impress someone?
2. 2.What's a secret you've kept from your parents for years?
3. 3.Who in this room would you call first if you got arrested?
4. 4.What's the worst gift you've ever pretended to love?
5. 5.What's the most childish thing you still do?
6. 6.Have you ever read someone else's messages without them knowing?
7. 7.What's the longest you've gone without showering?
8. 8.What's a rumour you started, or helped spread?
9. 9.What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten when nobody was looking?
10. 10.Which app on your phone would you be most embarrassed for us to open?
11. 11.What's the most trouble you've ever been in at school or work?
12. 12.What's something you've lied about on a first date?
13. 13.Who was your most embarrassing celebrity crush?
14. 14.What's the pettiest thing you've ever held a grudge about?
15. 15.If you had to swap lives with someone here for a week, who would it be?
16. 16.What's the last thing you cried about?
17. 17.What's a habit you'd never admit to a new partner?
18. 18.Have you ever blamed something you did on someone else?
19. 19.What's the most money you've wasted on something useless?
20. 20.What's a text you sent and immediately regretted?
21. 21.What's your most irrational fear?
22. 22.What's the strangest dream you remember?
23. 23.Who here do you think is the best liar?
24. 24.What's one thing you would change about yourself if you could?
25. 25.What's the most awkward thing that has happened to you in public?

Dares25

1. 1.Talk in a robot voice until your next turn.
2. 2.Let the group choose a new profile picture for you, to keep for an hour.
3. 3.Do your best runway walk across the room and back.
4. 4.Eat a spoonful of a condiment the group chooses.
5. 5.Sing the chorus of the last song you listened to.
6. 6.Speak only in questions for the next three rounds.
7. 7.Let someone draw a moustache on you with a washable marker.
8. 8.Do ten push-ups, or as many as you can, while everyone counts.
9. 9.Call a friend and tell them you've decided to become a mime. Don't break.
10. 10.Show the group the last photo in your camera roll.
11. 11.Do an impression of another player until someone guesses who it is.
12. 12.Hold a plank until your next turn comes around, or as long as you can.
13. 13.Dance with no music for 30 seconds.
14. 14.Let the player on your right style your hair.
15. 15.Send a text that says only 'I know what you did' to the third contact in your phone.
16. 16.Try to lick your elbow. Commit to it.
17. 17.Narrate everything you do in a nature documentary voice for two rounds.
18. 18.Put an ice cube down your shirt and let it melt.
19. 19.Wear your socks on your hands until the end of the game.
20. 20.Make up a rap about the person to your left.
21. 21.Keep a straight face while everyone tries to make you laugh for one minute.
22. 22.Do your best evil laugh, as loud as you can.
23. 23.Read the last message you sent, out loud, in a dramatic voice.
24. 24.Balance a spoon on your nose for ten seconds.
25. 25.Let the group give you a new nickname. Everyone must use it for the rest of the night.

Ways to switch it up

Spin the bottle: whoever the bottle points at answers next, so nobody knows who is coming.

Group dares: once per round, the whole circle has to do the dare together. It warms up shy groups fast.

Truth or Dare over text: send prompts back and forth when you can't be in the same room. We have a full list for that below.

Let the app deal: PlaySpark shuffles fresh truths and dares for Friends, Couple or Family mode, so nobody has to think of the next one on the spot.